Category Archives: Volunteer Opportunity

Volunteer at the 2016 Mars Rover Celebration

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Volunteers are needed for the 14th Annual Mars Rover Celebration, January 30, 2016 on the University of Houston campus. Mars Rover Celebration is an exciting educational opportunity for primary and middle school students to learn how to build a model rover to perform a mission on Mars. For 2016, we expect 700+ children, organized into 200 teams.

Please volunteer to help with one of the following jobs:

  • Judge (Morning Shift – 8:30-11:30 am) (Afternoon Shift – Noon-3:30 pm)
  • Tour Guide [Alumni and Students, please] (Morning Shift – 10:30am-1:30 pm) (Afternoon Shift – 2:30-5 pm)
  • Logistics/Operations (Morning Shift – 7:30am-11:00am) (Noon Shift – 10:30am-2:00pm)(Afternoon Shift – 1:30-5 pm)

The flyer (MS Word) provides details on the event, the volunteer roles and the amount of time required.

Register today as a volunteer!

For more information, please contact MarsRover@uh.edu

Saturday, May 16: Engineers as Educators Workshop

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AIAA will teach you to inspire students about the marvels of aerospace engineering. Share your passion in a manner students can relate to. Register now for the Engineers as Educators Workshop and you’ll walk away armed with the tools to help you plan and execute powerful experiences and excite the next generation of engineers.

See PDF flyer for more details.

February Dinner Meeting Recap and Upcoming Events

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February Dinner Meeting

Mrs. Romero did a fantastic job presenting about CPAS at the dinner meeting this past Thursday. See the charts (MS PowerPoint), video montage of the Generation 1 and 2 tests (Windows Media File), and another video (Windows Media File). More videos are available at the NASA CPAS YouTube Channel.

Upcoming Events

Yuri’s Night 5K Run/Walk

Volunteers are needed for this fantastic fundraising event on Saturday, April 20, 2013 for Houston’s Challenger Center for Space Education. Visit our event page for more information. ‎See the PDF version of the call for volunteers.

2013 Region IV Student Paper Conference

Save the date!

The Region IV Student Paper Conference will be hosted at Baylor University on April 27-28, 2013. For more information, visit the paper conference website at http://region4.aiaastudentconference.org.

See the Call for Papers (MS Word) for the conference.

Volunteer for the 11th Annual Mars Rover Celebration

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Volunteers are needed for the 11th Annual Mars Rover Celebration, January 26, 2013 on the University of Houston campus. Mars Rover Celebration is an exciting educational opportunity for primary and middle school students to learn how to build a model rover to perform a mission on Mars. For 2013, we expect 800+ children, organized into 240 teams.

Please volunteer to help with one of the following jobs:

  • Judge (Morning Shift – 8:30-11:30 am) (Afternoon Shift – Noon-3:30 pm)
  • Tour Guide (Morning Shift – 10:30am-1 pm) (Afternoon Shift- 3-5 pm)
  • Logistics/Operations (Morning Shift – 8am-2pm) (Afternoon Shift- Noon-6 pm)

See the flyer – it provides details on the event, the volunteer roles and the amount of time required. Online registration is available at https://marsrover.uh.edu/VolunteerRegistration.aspx.

For more information, please contact Professor Edgar Bering at eabering@uh.edu.